cremevax👩🏻💻🏳️🌈🇨🇦🇺🇦<p>It’s the weekly <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/washingtonstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>washingtonstate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/kingcounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kingcounty</span></a> (that is, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seattle</span></a><br>and environs) <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wastewater</span></a> toots.</p><p>A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government. And, a quick side note: I noticed that the overview map at the WA DoH site has adopted the CDC's viral activity levels. This method of data presentation is something the CDC adopted a while ago (read: pre-RFKJr) to make the comparisons between different sites more apples-to-apples, but this approach has its critics. Anyways, the individual site data on the facilities tab still has the 7-day running average of levels normalized for population and rain runoff that it has always had.</p><p>OK, let's start with the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant, which is very much improved over last week but which is also still matching the highs at the beginning of the year. Last data is from 8/12.</p><p>WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistica. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@WADeptHealth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>WADeptHealth</span></a></span>. Give those fine folks a follow, if you're so inclined.</p>